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Anarchists are Tankies (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56.

But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I assumed I was wrong, its just kind of a mnemonic.

Thanks for the info tho 😃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Peter Fryer was expelled by the British communist party for his book- The Hungarian Tragedy, when the term tankie was coined.